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W. G. HARDEN TICKET PUNCH. No. 321,718. Patented July 7, 1885.

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NITED STATES Arena tries.

XVALIER O. HARDEN, OF VALLEY FALLS, RHODE ISLAND.

TICKET PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,718, dated July 7,1885.

Application filed March 27, 1885. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER. O. HARDEN, of Valley Falls, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Ticket-Punches, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, referenc'e being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to punches for conductors of railway-trains; andthe object of my invention is to produce a punch the use of which willrelieve the conductor of the necessity of remembering the number oftickets of a certain class punched by him, and which may also be used asan ordinary canceling-punch.

Conductors of railwaytrains are usually provided with a singlepunch,which wastes all of the clippings, and they have not only tocancel the single-trip tickets which they take up, but also punch outthe dates in commutation-tickets, which they return to the passenger. Inthe latter class of tickets the clippings made by the punch drop uponthe car-floor and are lost, so that the conductor is compelled to relysolely upon his memory in turning in his report of the number ofcommutation passengers carried on his train. It will be readily seenthat it is almost impossible for the conductor to accurately rememberthe number of commutation ticketspunched by him. By virtue of myinvention this defect in the system is avoided, and at the same timewithout cumberingthe conductor with a number of punches.

My invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features ofconstruction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a side elevation of myimproved punch. Fig. 2 is a sectional View ofthe jaws of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the perforating-jawand its receptacle.

In the said drawings, A A designate the arms or handles of thepunch,which are hinged together at e, and which are formed,respectively, with the jaws a a extending beyond the pivot. The jaws ofthe punch are held open by a spring, either such as is shown at f inFig. 1, or atf in Fig. 2, or by any other suitable or preferred form ofspring. The jaw a of arm Ais split or bifurcated longitudinally, as atb, and is also formed with two holes, I) F, placed in alignment, so asto receive the spur 0 upon the opposite jaw. The jaw a of arm A is alsosplit or bifurcated longitudinally, as at c, and is formed with twoholes, 0 0 to receive the spur b upon jaw a.

D designates a box or receptacle, which is attached removably upon theouter side of jaw a, in such position that the holes 0 0 shallcommunicate with its interior.

As shown in the drawings, the sides of the jaw are formed withlongitudinal grooves or recesses, in which projections (1 upon the innerupper edges of the box enter, and said box is held by a spring-catch, d,secured to the under side of thejaw, and having a lug, (Z engaging in anotch in the box.

From the above description it will be seen that when a single-tripticket is to be canceled it is inserted into the slit 1) of jaw a, andis perforated by the spur c of jaw a, the clipping being allowed to fallupon the floor; but when a commutation ticket is to be punched it isinserted into the slit 0 of jaw a, and is perforated by the spur b ofjaw a, the clipping fall-.

ing into box D. Thus after a trip has been made the conductor has onlyto count the clippings in box D to ascertain the number of commutationtickets which he has punched, so that there is no necessity for him tocarry the number in his mind as he punches.

The device is simple, durable, and convenient to handle, and greatlylessens the conductors labor.

I am aware that heretofore ticket-punches have been devised which havetwo punches, the clippings of one of which are cast away, while thosefrom the other punch are caused to drop into a receptacle. Hence I donot claim such construction, broadly; but while my improved punchoperates under this general principle, it differs materially fromprevious forms, in that the two jaws of my punch serve each but one ofthe purposes, both of which have heretofore been required of one jaw. Inother words, while heretofore both of the punches have been mounted uponone of the jaws, and the dies and receptacle have been mounted upon theother jaw, I mount one die and the receptacle upon one jaw and thecorresponding punch upon the opposite jaw, and upon this same jaw I forma die for a punch which I mount upon the jaw which carries thereceptacle. Thus I not only greatly simplify the punch in constructionand appearance, but I also greatly facilitate its manipulation andreduce its cost.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. I11 a ticket-punch, the combinatiomwith ajawcarrying a'spur and formed with a slit having an aperture, of a secondjaw hinged to the first and carrying a second spur, and a receptacle forclippings and formed with. a slit having an aperture, the spur of thefirst jaw working through the aperture of the second jrw and feeding itsclippings into the receptacle, and the spur of the second jaw workinginto the aperture of the first jaw, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. The combination, with the arm A, having the bifurcated jaw a, withits spur b, of.

